... Abstract. Alkali metal trimethylsilanolates, M ⊕⊖ OSiMe 3 , convert carboxylic acid derivatives into their corresponding anhydrous acid salts under mild non-aqueous conditions. Download full text in PDF. Tetrahedron Letters,Vol.25,No.5l,pp 5831834,1984 0040039/84 $3.00 + .00 Printed in Great Britain 984 Perqainon Press Ltd. METAL SILANOLATES: ORGANIC SOLUBLE EQUIVALENTS FOR o2 ED Laganis* and BL Chenard* Central Research & ...